How to Setup an Apache Cassandra Cluster

This article is a guide to setup an Apache Cassandra cluster. The cluster runs on local CentOS virtual machines using Virtualbox. I use this to have a local environment for development and testing. Prerequisites It assumes you are using the following "software" versions. MacOS 10.11.3 Vagrant 1.8.5 Java 1.8.0 Apache Cassandra 1.2.2 Here are the …

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Setting up Python on Linux and using Virtualenv

I am writing this because I found out that there are a couple of different ways to install Python on a *nix based computer. I ran around in circles for a while before I figured it out. Basically, I realized this. In order to have multiple versions of Python A) Install the Python version and …

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How to setup a basic HBase cluster

This article is a guide to setup a HBase cluster. The cluster runs on local CentOS virtual machines using Virtualbox. I use this to have a local environment for development and testing. Prerequisites This setup guides assumes you have gone through the Hadoop Setup Guide and the Zookeeper Setup Guide. It assumes you are using …

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How to setup a basic Hadoop cluster

This article is a guide to setup a Hadoop cluster. The cluster runs on local CentOS virtual machines using Virtualbox. I use this to have a local environment for development and testing. I followed many of the steps Austin Ouyang laid out in the blog post here. Hopefully, next I can document using moving these …

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How to setup a basic ZooKeeper ensemble

This article is a guide to setup a ZooKeeper ensemble. I use this to have a local environment for development and testing. For Zookeeper to work, you really only need to configure a couple of things. The first is the zoo.cfg file, and the second is a myid file in the dataDir. See this link …

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